Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions pdf

Edwin Abbott: scienziato, professore e specialista in teologia. Molti libri sono stati pubblicati per lui, ma "Flat Earth" rimane la sua opera più famosa. Abbott nacque nel 1838 d.C., e si unì all'età di dodici anni alla City School di Londra, e dimostrò rapidamente l'eccellenza, soprattutto in matematica, e nel 1857 d.C. ricevette una borsa di studio dall'Università di Cambridge, dove si concentrò sugli studi classici . Abbott fu ordinato sacerdote nel 1863, ma si guadagnava ancora da vivere come insegnante e si guadagnò una buona reputazione per il suo lavoro. Morì nel 1926.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions pdf da Edwin Abbott

This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines-are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status.
Through strange occurrences that bring him into contact with a host of geometric forms, Square has adventures in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Pointland (no dimensions) and ultimately entertains thoughts of visiting a land of four dimensions—a revolutionary idea for which he is returned to his two-dimensional world. Charmingly illustrated by the author, Flatland is not only fascinating reading, it is still a first-rate fictional introduction to the concept of the multiple dimensions of space. "Instructive, entertaining, and stimulating to the imagination." — Mathematics Teacher.